Blue
What is a familect?
It is a set of words and expressions that are used within a family or small group.
Say a different way to say: Firefly
lightning bugs
What is called the Old World?
The eastern hemisphere, especially Euroupe, Asia and Africa
What is a dialect?
A form of language which is spoken only in one area.
Say a different way to say: soda
Pop
What is the verb tense of: I’d waited an hour for the bus.
Past Perfect
What is lingua franca?
a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.
What is lexical gap?
It is the expression used to describe a word that exists in one language but not in another.
What is the verb tense of: She’d been living with her parents.
past perfect continuous
What is called The New World?
Is the continental landmass of North, Central and South America
What is pidgin?
This is a highlysimplified form of language that originally arose in places where people with no common language met and had to find a way to communicate, mainly for commercial purposes
Complete using the Past Perfect: I couldn’t take my flight because I ______ late. (BE)
I couldn’t take my flight because I had been late.
What is Pidgin Signed English (PSE)?
PSE: a mix of ASL and English used by deaf and hearing people to communicate. ASL vocabulary but it follows English word order.
To _____ is to invent a new word or wxpression, especially one that many people start to use
Coin
Complete using the Past Perfect Contiunuous: Rama _______ hard for 3 months. (WORK)
Rama had been working hard for 3 months.
The earliest form of English used about AD 500 to 1050, also called Anglo-Saxon, is called____?
Old English
For what reason we use Past Perfect?
We use the past perfect simple with action verbs to emphasise the completion of an event.
EX: The builders had put up the scaffolding around the house.
For what reason we use Past Perfect Continuous?
We use the past perfect continuous to show that an event or action in the past was still continuing
Ex: The builders had been putting up the scaffolding when the roof fell in.
What is Signed Exact English (SEE)?
SEE: uses signs for exact English words and word order
What is Shakespearean?
It is a language that has evolved to the english language that we use today.